From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 5 20:57:21 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EA83106568E; Mon, 5 Jan 2009 20:57:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bright@elvis.mu.org) Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 665368FC13; Mon, 5 Jan 2009 20:57:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bright@elvis.mu.org) Received: by elvis.mu.org (Postfix, from userid 1192) id 50EE31A3C3B; Mon, 5 Jan 2009 12:57:21 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 12:57:21 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein To: "M. Warner Losh" Message-ID: <20090105205721.GH60686@elvis.mu.org> References: <200901040012.n040C2gH040928@svn.freebsd.org> <20090104.101121.2139791946.imp@bsdimp.com> <20090105050415.GY60686@elvis.mu.org> <20090105.090449.-1253035084.imp@bsdimp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090105.090449.-1253035084.imp@bsdimp.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r186730 - in head: lib/libusb20 sys/dev/usb2/controller sys/dev/usb2/core sys/dev/usb2/ethernet sys/dev/usb2/image sys/dev/usb2/include sys/dev/usb2/serial sys/dev/usb2/sound sys/dev/us... X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:57:22 -0000 * M. Warner Losh [090105 08:05] wrote: > In message: <20090105050415.GY60686@elvis.mu.org> > Alfred Perlstein writes: > : * M. Warner Losh [090104 09:11] wrote: > : > In message: <200901040012.n040C2gH040928@svn.freebsd.org> > : > Alfred Perlstein writes: > : > : Sync with usb4bsd: > : > > : > Alfred, > : > > : > thanks for trudging these fixes into the tree. It is a thankless job > : > that people will complain about... > : > > : > Speaking of complaining, is there a review process that can be joined > : > for them that's more formal than "diff against hps' p4 tree and > : > complain?" > : > : We're trying to figure out a way to do this. We haven't had much > : luck exploring svk/hg/git as they're just about as much work as > : shipping patches back and forth. > : > : I asked core for a restricted "users/hps" area under svn for Hans > : to put code, but that was denied, perhaps now it's time to reconsider > : that? > > And also: > > In my part of the world we give credit or, at the very least, say "thank > > you" to the sender, when we apply patches sent to us. > > One of the things that works well in Linux is the patch queues that > they have. You submit a patch, people talk about it, and various tags > get added to it. They break things down into a series of mostly > independent patches. > > Maybe we should try to initiate something like this so that we can > comment on changes more easily, as well as track submitters and the > like as things pass through Hans. > > Consider it an experiment to see if we can do things to help improve > our world? I guess so, but this can all be implemented via a sandbox in our VCS for Hans/me to use... or GNATS, but that just adds overhead. I sort of feel this would be reinventing something that we already have. -- - Alfred Perlstein